age and disability sociologists Flashcards
parsons
youth
childhood is a period where socialization into society’s culture takes place. Family has 2 main functions: 1. Primary socialization 2. Stabilization of adult personalities
Argues that adolescence is a time when children begin to develop independence from their parents.
griffin
youth
The media portrays youths as a social problem in 3 ways:
1.deviant
2.dysfunctional
3.suffering a deficit
heintz-knowles
youth
Content analysis on how children are portrayed in entertainment TV:
-children are motivated by peer relationships and romance
-children from minority groups are underrepresented
mcrobbie
youth
Peer groups encourage traditional gender roles through bedroom culture
sewell
youth
Peer groups encourage norm breaking behavior and giving status to members who imitate bad role models- rappers and hypermasculinity
cultural comfort zones of boys from matriarchal backgrounds
willis
youth
Peer pressure and the hidden curriculum contribute to secondary socialization within education
brannen
middle age
Middle aged gen is a pivot generation because they carry the dual burden of caring for their children and parents
saunders
middle age
Middle class are targeted by advertising as the group with the highest disposable income and often define their identity by what they own
hodkinson
middle age
A sense of belonging could contribute to middle age e.g goths friendship groups and identity developed around being a goth found it hard to detach from it.
willis
middle age
Workplace creates a middle age identity. Lads defined themselves as manual workers.
mac an ghail
middle age
Once they’d been made redundant from jobs the lads felt a loss of identity and their loss of role as a breadwinner led them to feeling a loss of status and identity
parsons
old age
Elderly have less status in society and lose their most important social role within the family. Disengagement theory-when people disengage with their previous roles and harvest the fruit of their labors
carrigan and szmigin
old age
Older consumers have grown in number but still less likely to be portrayed in adverts
sontag
old age
There is a double standard of aging where women are required to be youthful throughout their media careers and men are not
landis
old age
Findings of stereotypes in representations of older people as grumpy, lonely, fiesty, sick
clarke and warren
old age
Old age may be a time to make new friends and engage in new interests. Uni of 3rd age.
johnson
old age
Ageism occurs in the workplace and is institutionalized and expressed through stereotypical assumptions about a person’s competency to do a job in relation to their age
voas
old age
Older people are more likely to identify as religious because:
The generational effect- brought up in a more religious era
The aging effect- people become more spiritual when close to death
hockey and james
old age
Age is infantilised and childhood and old age are social constructs and these groups resist their marginalized status
featherstone and hepworth
postmodernist
2 processes that have deconstructed the life course:
1. Dedifferentiation e.g surgery and makeup
2. Deinstitutionalisation e.g ‘mask of aging’ messages from the media
They concluded that the baby boomer generation have done much to break down age stereotypes and increase range of identities available to old people
blaikie
postmodernist
Attitudes to retirement have changed and stereotypes of old age have broken down. This is party due to consumer culture of old peoples ‘grey £’
clarke and warren
postmodernist
active aging
shakespeare
disabled
Argues that disabled people are often socialized into seeing themselves as victims and that people with impairments may accept this ‘victim mentality’ to use as a reason for their failure
ridley
disabled
Comedian with cerebral palsy. Talks about how people feel awkward around those with disabilities. Talks how not all disabilities are visible.
barnes
disabled
Argues that in the mass media representations of disability have generally been oppressive and negative. People with disabilities are rarely presented as people with their own identities
gill
disabled
Reconciling your identity as a disabled person is a common hurdle. This could lead to a form of ‘learned helplessness’.
murugami
disabled
Argues that a disabled person has the ability to construct a self-identity that accepts their impairment but is independent of it. In order to do this they need to reconstruct what is considered ‘normal’ so they embrace their disability as a part of themselves
scrambler
disabled
Disabled people are portrayed in the media as work-shy, scroungers or a burden
oliver
disabled
Suggests official definitions attached to disability need to be reclaimed and defined in a positive way
